10G Dual-Port PCI Express x4
Ethernet Network Card
User Manual
RC-NIC416Dual
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Section 1: Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction
This 10GBASE-T network card (NIC) lets you add two RJ45 ports to your
server or desktop computer and access your network at multiple speeds:
10G, 5G, 2.5G, 1G and 100 Mbps.
Compliant with IEEE 802.3u/ab/an and IEEE P802.3bz standards, the
network card delivers a dependable way to upgrade or replace your existing
network ports with dual 10G/ 5G/ 2.5G/ 1G/ 100Mbps compatible RJ45 ports,
providing throughput capacity of up 10Gbps in each direction (20Gbps total).
It connects through a single, four-lane PCI Express slot.
1.2 Features
• Intel X550-AT2 chipset
• Upgrade by adding 2 x 100 Mbps/1G/2.5G/5G/10G compatible RJ45
Ethernet ports
• Compliant with 10GBASE-T and NBASE-T specifications
• Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3an, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3u and IEEE
P802.3bz
• Up to 20 Gbps (full duplex) bandwidth
• Up to 9K jumbo frame support
• Designed to meet PCI Express Base Specification Revision 3.0 with up to 8 GT/s
• Four- Lane (x4) PCI Express compatible with x4, x8 and x16 PCI Express slots
• Runs up to 10G at 100m Cat 6A/Cat 7 cable and 5G at 100m Cat 5e/Cat 6 cable.
1.3 System Requirements
Hardware
• The following system specs are minimum recommendations:
• PCIe Slot: Available 4-Lanes PCIe-Gen 2.0 Slots or later.
• RAM: 4 GB Memory or higher
Software
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 (32/64-bit), 8.1 (32/64-bit),
10 (32/64-bit), Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2; Linux 2.6.24
or later; VMware ESXi 5.x/ 6.0
